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- catalog abstract "While the professional literature is glutted with theories on educational reform, our children remain starved for authentic learning that grows out of their unique, original classroom experiences. Award-winning teacher Steven Levy attributes this disparity to the lack for clear examples illustrating the kind of thinking and planning that results in powerful learning. The void, he asserts, too often prompts teachers to "either return to the curriculum guide or try to implement projects developed by others." Starting from Scratch presents an inspired alternative. In detailed accounts, it explains the step-by-step observations, thinking, and planning that enabled Levy to develop a variety of original projects with his elementary students. These have ranged from environmental inquiries - students studying the impact of a local bike path on their community - to an imaginative look at the qualities of number - a classroom quest to determine which is the greatest number. These projects were generated by the children's own interests, but they also provided myriad opportunities to develop basic skills. In this regard, Starting from Scratch offers a creative reconciliation of some of the more hotly debated issues in education: project-based learning versus basic skills; integrated curriculum versus discipline-centered instruction; state and national standards versus local and individual interests.".
- catalog contributor b9375056.
- catalog coverage "United States History Study and teaching, Elementary.".
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "1. Finding the Genius -- 2. What Do We Teach? -- 3. What Is the Ideal Classroom? -- 4. Was the American Revolution Completed Before the War Began? -- 5. Why Are Our Shoes Made on the Other Side of the World? -- 6. What Is the Greatest Number? -- 7. Poverty of Gratitude -- 8. How Did Our Town Get Its Name? -- 9. What Is the Biggest Change in Your Town Since Your Were Born? -- 10. Discipline and Character -- 11. Exit Signs -- Appendix A: Plan for Fourth Grade -- Appendix B: Faculty Meeting Questions -- Appendix C: Desk Olympics Events -- Appendix D: Pilgrims '92 Class Poem -- Appendix E: Directions for "Number" Drawings -- Appendix F: Original Bike-Path Questions -- Appendix G: Interpreting Bike-Path Data.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 178).".
- catalog description "While the professional literature is glutted with theories on educational reform, our children remain starved for authentic learning that grows out of their unique, original classroom experiences. Award-winning teacher Steven Levy attributes this disparity to the lack for clear examples illustrating the kind of thinking and planning that results in powerful learning. The void, he asserts, too often prompts teachers to "either return to the curriculum guide or try to implement projects developed by others." Starting from Scratch presents an inspired alternative. In detailed accounts, it explains the step-by-step observations, thinking, and planning that enabled Levy to develop a variety of original projects with his elementary students. These have ranged from environmental inquiries - students studying the impact of a local bike path on their community - to an imaginative look at the qualities of number - a classroom quest to determine which is the greatest number. These projects were generated by the children's own interests, but they also provided myriad opportunities to develop basic skills. In this regard, Starting from Scratch offers a creative reconciliation of some of the more hotly debated issues in education: project-based learning versus basic skills; integrated curriculum versus discipline-centered instruction; state and national standards versus local and individual interests.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 205 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Starting from scratch.".
- catalog identifier "0435072056 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Starting from scratch.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann,".
- catalog relation "Starting from scratch.".
- catalog spatial "United States History Study and teaching, Elementary.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "372.13/6 20".
- catalog subject "Active learning United States.".
- catalog subject "Education, Elementary Curricula United States.".
- catalog subject "Education, Elementary United States Curricula.".
- catalog subject "LB1027.43 .L19 1996".
- catalog subject "Project method in teaching United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Finding the Genius -- 2. What Do We Teach? -- 3. What Is the Ideal Classroom? -- 4. Was the American Revolution Completed Before the War Began? -- 5. Why Are Our Shoes Made on the Other Side of the World? -- 6. What Is the Greatest Number? -- 7. Poverty of Gratitude -- 8. How Did Our Town Get Its Name? -- 9. What Is the Biggest Change in Your Town Since Your Were Born? -- 10. Discipline and Character -- 11. Exit Signs -- Appendix A: Plan for Fourth Grade -- Appendix B: Faculty Meeting Questions -- Appendix C: Desk Olympics Events -- Appendix D: Pilgrims '92 Class Poem -- Appendix E: Directions for "Number" Drawings -- Appendix F: Original Bike-Path Questions -- Appendix G: Interpreting Bike-Path Data.".
- catalog title "Starting from scratch : one classroom builds its own curriculum / Steven Levy.".
- catalog type "text".